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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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